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[–] [email protected] -4 points 9 months ago (7 children)

I mean, the US troops do provide a lot of aid around the world. They do more than fight. You can argue an imbalance, sure. And it's also clear they can bring some measure of stability with their presence as we've seen what can happen the moment they're removed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Not really, troops only purpose is to serve the US interest. Any “help” they might look like to give, is due to something that aligns with their interest. The US military is a terrorist organization.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I can't reason someone out of a position they didn't use reason to arrive at. That's an unfalsifiable claim. Yes, the US does things that won't hurt them and has been known to do things that help them. I'm sure you've done things that is in your best interest as well. That's a far cry from proof of terrorism. It's absolute insanity and conspiracy theory to make that jump. I'm not going to continue this discussion.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

You want proof? Here is a good and well documented list of every atrocity USA committed, it's BAD:

https://dessalines.github.io/essays/us_atrocities.html

USA is a terrorist state!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

You got a list from Stalin and Mao as well?

No?

You fucking tankies man.

It's not bad if an authoritarian regime disguised as communism does it?

Yes america has done fucked up shit but at least we aren't backing the invaders against Ukraine.

If you guys all think this ideology is so great, either buy some land and give it a shot, or move to Russia or china, since y'all love them so much.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Okay... Where's the documented list of every good they did so that you can actually look at both sides and make a reasoned decision...

Wait? You don't have one? So you're biased as fuck and only looking at one dataset that corroborates your bias... Who'd have thunk!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's the same list, good actions go at the bottom, it's just empty right now because they haven't done anything good. It'll be appended when they die.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

That's called delusion.

If

On February 3rd, 2022, US troops murdered 6 children and 4 women during a raid in Syria.

Is worthy to be called an "Atrocity" then there's plenty of cases where 10+ lives were saved that should be on the other side of this equation. You're just lying to yourself.

Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/14/opinion/how-much-good-has-united-states-really-done-world/

In 2003 Clinton’s successor, George W. Bush, launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Since then, PEPFAR has expanded from 15 countries to more than 50 and from an initial commitment of $15 billion to a total of $80 billion. It has saved millions of lives and remains one of the most successful humanitarian projects in modern history.

It really doesn't take all that much to show that you're full of it.

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